Brown County Circuit Court Judge Marc Hammer issues his ruling on Oneida Seven Generations' lawsuit against the city of Green Bay during a court hearing Wednesday.

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The city of Green Bay acted within its authority in October when it revoked a permit to build a trash-recycling alternative energy plant in the city, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Brown County Circuit Judge Marc Hammer rejected a request by Oneida Seven Generations Corp. to overturn a City Council vote to revoke the conditional use permit it had granted for the project.

Hammer agreed with Green Bay's lawyers that Oneida Seven Generations, in initially applying for the permit, had misrepresented facts about the proposed plant, particularly concerning the amount and type of emissions and the ...